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The Supreme Court's retreat from Reconstruction : a distortion of constitutional jurisprudence

A comparison of the Supreme Court's holdings regarding the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the framers' own interpretations, and an examination of the resulting distortions of constitutional law, some of which continue in the 1990s.Read more...

Introduction A Brief Overview of Reconstruction and the Nation's Retreat The Supreme Court's Retreat from Reconstruction The Court's Reconsideration of Civil Rights during the Twentieth Century Conclusion Index

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"This book is worth reading....[t]he reader is rewarded with new evidence and an interesting perspective that support conclusions that while, not novel, are supported by the force of an excellent argument and by "connecting the dots" in a new way....This book is worth reading by academics and lawyers with the appropriate background in legal history, the Fourteenth Amendment or Reconstruction."-The Law and Politics Book Review "This book is worth reading.... t he reader is rewarded with new evidence and an interesting perspective that support conclusions that while, not novel, are supported by the force of an excellent argument and by "connecting the dots" in a new way....This book is worth reading by academics and lawyers with the appropriate background in legal history, the Fourteenth Amendment or Reconstruction."-The Law and Politics Book Review ?This book is worth reading....[t]he reader is rewarded with new evidence and an interesting perspective that support conclusions that while, not novel, are supported by the force of an excellent argument and by "connecting the dots" in a new way....This book is worth reading by academics and lawyers with the appropriate background in legal history, the Fourteenth Amendment or Reconstruction.?-The Law and Politics Book ReviewRead more...